The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-01-12
TaE CHURCHES or MOSCOW.
A C3ey es aPireA. Dsvaes. md u!aaEoao-
Wsadeas 81 the UraraItn.

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Wendoas sf the UrsnaItn.
I ana Informed that there ara In Eec-
SOW abous leo Greek churches. They
are q s0sapGsa Of Catholic. Nohana-
Eaedan, aad Oriental architecture, aaa
probably the most boautifai churches in
THIS world. Whea the prnats II WON
derful Sc. Basil caarsa WAS scn sIste6
the architect was asked by ha n.asseg,
Ivan the Terrible. il that for VIVA bio
very beat; Il, under aEy s4rcua,ataaces
or for aRy oenaidsrAtien with ony
amount Of Aaen>y, he could construct q
more keausifsi ediAcs. The reply was
that he cosli not-:o mako n naoro
beautiful structure voa!i DO imposaia 10,
Thereupsn the arehite~t's eyes Here pss
out that even he should Res copy this
sablimsly beautiful croafion.
i think that act enc CT those thaaspAa
churches has less than .hree psinarets
and demes. Most Of thom have five,
sonae have twenty-fve-olvaya an odd
hemhsr-for y grand csatral cssct-onG
come have III the asiShborkood OF City
TO 100. They arc eoloreA white, green,
red, or hlse, or are cslsred with ailveq
and gold. Most Of them have clinses Of
hells, and l presume that thsre are la the
city OF Moscow, 5000 belh. Il WAS bus
recently that stoed on the ~sminruce-
about six miles west OF tina aity-wt,ees
Napoleon stood that eventual JAY wIlea
10 First bsheld those G0C9
spires, and domeS, ana ae kteniliu'a
golden roofs slistaning in tho stnn, and
whencs ho surveyed the t~re&aurers
which no thoNgkt would soon be At hls
6tspo9aL. l travarsed the same rcsS
which ha took when hs marci.rd NJ
800, 900 men 20 an expected victory ,iai
proved 10 DO the most melancholy u.
feat recorded on the pages Of n,sL,.i
Tho .inmenss treasures OF the u.,u1n q.
IN the Kreailia had heen tsnuv,.
tho sullen 0ubcoTites Epplled tuv a..
b their own devoted horlcs. III. n,4u,
h well kaowa. Moscow haA Leeu 81
built and ia treasures aad relic. 10 :
Aeon returned, supplemented oy a..
empsrors and haga and nu,.cl.
eus trophies saxon from the feels Ii
vAdorB.
TIE anunerato she wonders of thu.
Hremlia museums is im,aAaibl-. a..
describe any et tLVa 10 " seir.:l So,
jewoled crown oNt Of many, Oh.
diamond ont OK millions. S.vf
a7sd gold, malachiss. h~pisiAanIi, j1p
Fables, diamonds, ami sappnirS. are not
only worked into Gowns, thrones. aud
veatmenAs Ia almost Gnd!oss pSoftlxon
bG$ thoy are oven formed into furniture
essa nAA 9 aronEcaS, walia. sad cs,.ll.A
JaaS thero u shs tocSin b1ll wnlpm
sounded hes ;gRalfor plying tlE tecon
eAo city. Hero ara thS rel Ataira upnu
which Eapoleoa aacendsd Sns tilronr.f
tho Bomasoa kings. There 10 sh- s~n.i
with which the rorFiSlo Ivaa DO.na i.s
his eva sons, Hers tho fNr4 tiiAt p,.,-
onvetoped the form OF C4tEeriu" 81
Noble. And hero again, are ,ha 81, "a
with whicA Pe$ar thu Great worn-A
wkaa no builb ships and arapirss-ior s.
wco his knowledge OF tbs wants Of his
people that gave biAsm tho mighty im
FalEs which yet Jars the two continent,
Then We Uero shown through In
greet throne sOona. the silver roona. the
gold rooms, the PINK roons, tho white
rooGas. Tho blue reoms. tllo iaspcF zoo =.
and the crystal Sooms, hnd ihsA ~.
wound up Intricate Staircasso To she 80
0EOt trial rooEn-stiu higher. 80 Sho u.I,i
COON and execution rooms, whefs VOC o
wore stiRed without reDiorEs and riiesc
cries could nos DO heard by sympatl.A4
ing friends.
The far-fanasd bell ezceedsd nr
Sehoolday expectation rs TO sizu. sod
EOt TO EaiSlsad in speaking OF is srue0
nay measuring tap0 around it, IL at hr4
hung-1 it ever waa huAE-oA n lou
wooden frame within tho Krsialba wAHa.
Tha frame was accidentally burned, &aA
whom the bell fell 10 the ground o pisss
coyon feet ia hight was broken from its
disk. I wa not shsTe vhea the oysas
occurred, bvt I venture tke assertion
that that bell, wish n downward @riacs
oe twsnty-Six feet diameter, was net
buried in the ground, as historians rSo-
oF6 wa the case. ThA bell measures
soventy-eight feet In ciycunlfersnc4 and
il, / think. about twenty feet high. I
Ann aware that cyclOpSdists give the meas-
nromont as sixty feet in diameter and
ninstsen fsot shros inches ~ the hight.
Against this I simply set nay own meas-
urezneat. The iron elSpper is aboWt MAE
feet long, aud ia said 10 weigh ferty
poods. or I, 600 pounds. did not lift it
Tbs statement is. I think. quite correct
--Demss Barnea in Brooklya Eagle.
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